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2014 Cervical Cancer Screening & Treatment camp – Leh, Ladakh

May 22, 2015

In August 2014, Dr Quek Swee Chong continued his efforts to bring life saving education, screening and treatment opportunities to the women of Ladakh who are living in some of the most remote areas of the Himalayas.  Dr Quek brought an extremely capable and dedicated team of gynecologists, physicians, nurses and assistants to work in conjunction with the local Ladakhi physicians to successfully treat almost 1,000 patients in less than a week.

Word of the camp spread quickly through positive word of mouth trust earned from previous camps and also through invitational broadcasts over All India Radio.  The daily scene at The Ladakh Heart Foundation Hospital where the camp was held was one of crowded urgency as the women of the region wanted to be assured of their well being or be treated by the international physicians.  Almost 1,000 women were first given basic information about the causes of cervical cancer and the measures that were available for prevention of infection as well as treatment options.  They were then screened for evidence of pre-cancerous lesions or other maladies and if they were found to have developing malignancies, Dr Quek Swee Chong immediately performed the necessary in patient surgical procedures. Over 80 women received this life saving treatment during the camp.

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Dr Quek Swee Chong and his team of physicians & gynecologists from Singapore

Education was an essential component of the camp and each woman received frank and insightful information on the causes, prevention and treatment of cervical cancer prior to their screening and treatments.Education was an essential component of the camp and each woman received frank and insightful information on the causes, prevention and treatment of cervical cancer prior to their screening and treatments.

hundreds of women

hundreds of womenEach day there were hundreds of women coming to the camp for examination and treatment.  Quite often Dr Quek Swee Chong and Dr Nordan had to assure the crowds of women waiting for hours outside the hospital that every woman who came to the camp from remote destinations would be seen by the doctors.  At the conclusion of the camp, almost 1,000 women were examined and 80 were found to have serious pre-cancerous lesions that would have inevitably progressed to full blown malignancies.  Dr Quek tirelessly performed surgeries for 10>12 hours a day to provide this life-saving treatment to every woman who required it.

Prevention and Protection from Cervical Cancer

Dr Quek joined his distinguished Ladakhi colleague

 Dr Quek joined his distinguished Ladakhi colleagues, Dr Ladhol Kalon, a pioneer in the field of women’s health care in Ladakh as well as Dr Nordan Otzer the current local medical team leader of the Himalayan Women’s Health Project in conducting women’s health care lectures at several of the local schools in the Leh area.

 Dr Quek also continued his efforts

 Dr Quek also continued his efforts to gain approval from the local politicians and health care officials for his ambitious plan to introduce wide scale inoculation programs for young Ladakhi girls between the ages of 12 > 17 years with a safe and effective vaccine that will protect them from the HPV virus that has conclusively been proven to be the primary cause of cervical cancer.

Filed Under: Himalayan Women's Health

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Vision Testimonial

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All those associated with The Himalayan Vision Project are grateful for the tireless and heroic efforts of the teams of international vision health care physicians and optometrists who have brought vastly improved quality of life to countless men, women and children of Ladakh over the past 7 years.

Our objectives and capabilities have taken a quantum leap forward by virtue of an alliance formed with the prestigious LV Prasad Eye Institute located in Hyderabad. This invaluable collaboration was made possible by the friendship and shared ideals of one of the world's most renowned and admired cornea and stem cell specialists, Dr Virender Sangwan. Dr Sangwan came to the aid of a Ladakhi police officer who was suffering from an extremely serious eye condition and through the successful treatment of that very fortunate individual has become a friend and inspiration to us all.

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Womens Health testimonial

Dr Quek Swee Chong

Dr Quek Swee Chong

MBBCh, BAO (Dublin) MRCOG (UK) FAMS (Singapore)

Dr Quek Swee Chong is a specialist in Obstetrics & Gynecology at the ACS Clinic for Women Gleneagles Medical Centre. He was formerly Senior Consultant & Head, Pre-invasive Disease & Screening Unit, Department of Gynaecological Oncology, KK Women’s & Children’s Hospital. He serves on the board of the International Federation of Colposcopy & Cervical Pathology. A former president of the Society of Colposcopy & Cervical Pathology of Singapore, he now sits on the present council.

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Clinic Testimonial

Fully functional humanitarian health care
for the people of Ladakh.

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His Holiness the Dalai Lama
blessing the Lamdon Clinic

The Lamdon Clinic now serves as "Basecamp" for our ambitious goal of bringing world class dental, vision and women's health care to the people of Ladakh. Not only will we continue to offer cost free treatments for all who come to our doors, but we will now also be sending mobile screening teams of medical professionals to drive or hike to the remotest villages and settlements in the Indus, Nubra and Zanskar Valley regions of Ladakh to educate, examine and if necessary transport patients who need treatment and rehabilitation back to our main clinic complex in Leh.

We draw our guidance from the compassionate inspiration of His Holiness the Dalai Lama who advocates doing all that is possible for those needlessly suffering or deprived of their basic human right of adequate medical care regardless of their religious loyalties, gender, citizenship or financial means.

We were greatly honored when His Holiness the Dalai Lama came to our clinic in 2012 and blessed it's capabilities and aspirations.

Coverage shown on Tibet Television network of His Holiness blessing the Lamdon Clinic

Dental Testimonial

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Julley everyone!  I'm Dr Marie Nordstrom, the resident dentist at the Himalayan Dental Project Clinic in Leh, Ladakh.  Two years ago I was working at a humanitarian dental clinic in Cambodia. When it was time to move on I was browsing around on the internet searching for another inspirational opportunity where I could volunteer my dental abilities and I came across the Himalayan Dental Project. I sent off an email expressing my interest to volunteer and within a few hours I had a reply from the project coordinator Bill Kite inviting me to join the the clinic team in Ladakh. After his first email I instinctively had a feeling that this would turn into something really significant and decided to book my flight to India and then up to Ladakh.  A short time later I found myself at more than 3,500m above sea level in the Himalayas with spectacular mountain views

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